flyer4ever

Lots of dumb play by the Cats. Tampa doesn't beat themselves.

The plan should be to amass draft picks and have a shot at Bedard next year. That SHOULD be the plan. However, Chuckles is probably hard at work trying to find another Hayes, another Ellis. With the current roster of players it doesn't matter who the coach is.

Lindros and his entitled parents created a new column on scouting reports. "parent factor". Not to give REC a pass, but Bonnie was calling him at 3 in the morning with power play strategies. Shes a freak. She should have taught her sons to keep their head up. He was fun to watch though.

I agree on Theodore. But you can't have your bottom pair d guys making 6 mil per. Maybe they take Ellis and LTIR him.

Trying to fix this mess by moving Provorov, Sanheim, Koneckny whilst moving forward with Couturier, Ellis, Atkinson, Hayes is just assurance of more of the same for years to come. Until they admit what they have and where they are and BITFU then the season just finished is what we will see again and again. The wistfulness that healthy Coots and Ellis are going to push this team into a contender is Kenny Banyan gold comedy. Yet this is what Chuckles is planning on. A total **** show is what the Flyers are. I'm not being a downer, that's what it is. It's just like your gun laws. They don't care how many ignorance driven mass shootings occur, this is how we do it and we aren't changing.

I suppose this is worse than shooting up a supermarket. Or a basketball street party.

Chuckles has actually drafted ok, his mistake has been striving to slip into the playoffs by signing broken 30 year olds to stupid contracts, and picking outside the top 5, when you have an inside the bottom 5 hockey team. Drafting in the NHL is part science, part crystal ball, part good fortune. Its very hard to predict how 18 year olds will mature on and off the ice. The NFL drafts young men in their mid twenties. Thats why they come in the league and prosper right away. They should get a good player at 5, and hopefully are patient with his development. My wish for this draft is New Jersey gets the Nolan Patrick of the draft and the Flyers get the Cale Makar. Its okay to dream. My prediction is a trade. You go Chuckles!!!

Battling for a playoff spot in their 5th season should have been their progression. The expansion draft for them was a joke. Now they will pay for their instant gratification approach.

There are always surprises and disappointments when projecting 18 year olds into men. Let's cross our fingers chuckles gets it right.

Those 2 linesman deserved a beating for baby sitting that prick Chelios.

2 well respected hockey contributors, Ryan Kennedy of The Hockey News, Craig Button at TSN both mocked David Jiricek to the Flyers at #5. Savoie at 7 and 9 on their boards.

Maybe the Jersey Douche bags pick the Nolan Patrick of the draft and by the strangest of coincidences the Cale Makar falls to Philly. Or, Chuckie trades the pick for another 30 yr old with a big contract and a chronic condition.

Florida looks like another regular season team. No playoff smarts or heart.

Barry Trotz fired this morning.

100% agree. don't burn up a year of an ELC to play on a bad team, not to mention the stench.

You are absolutely correct, 5v5 is also important. Special teams are the difference in the playoffs. I'm looking long term, when the Flyers are regular contenders for the cup, led by Coolie and Bedard. I have to dream and be optimistic. As long as Chuck and Paul are involved there is no reason for serious discussion.

HC Gronburg. Tocchet or Richardson as assistants . Story goes Gronburg is an excellent special teams tactition.

I don't recommend any big ticket UFA signings. Flyerland is already full of bad contracts that will inhibit the team from being a legitimate contender for 4 or 5 years. Wait and see though, they are coming, and perhaps some insane offer sheets too.

Ok you win sign him.

Yup. Extend Yandle too.

Not sure what his purpose is. Hanging out with the training staff perhaps. Maybe teaching the youngsters the art if the blind pass.

I'm trying to figure out your plan. You want to gas everyone over 28 and sign a 29? If you give JG max term, which is what he will want, he will be 37 and undersized at the end of the deal. I will take a hard pass, unless he'll sign a 2 year contract. I do like the gas the over 28s though. I might even dial it back to 26. But we dream with Holmtard and Chuckles still around.

John Gaudreau turns 29 on August 13.

Talk is cheap. I certainly hope for Ryan's quality of life he has figured it out for real . Time will tell.

As a Flyer fan, I am rooting for comcast to wake up this morning and realize how broken the hockey ops are and shitcan Holmgren and Fletcher. Otherwise, does it even really matter how many points the Kraken get